The Meeker herald., 1887-08-27


hostile force OIL the soil fado and
ordered 70 retrace their General
Reardon took this - l'ation Of
war OH tho part Of the md Gen
erals West aud I,card 70 deter
mined that MI forces elght send
out to aid the civil OtSce Am go In
the name OF the State. Pin Hoop
cr's company left at 8 =. q Captain
Dendy's men st 1880 q The best
wishes Of our cit,ssns = kith them
as they started out. n Ut was ms
dark ~ pitch. n
AUTHORIZATIONS ,eral West,
County Commisssouefo nolds and
Gregory and Senator 5 left for
Glenwood Springs at ! Thursday
morning, TO meet Cove dams. who
had been tsieRraphsd to The above
named gentlemen at vol where
u conference could ~ With the
Governor relative 70 ~ rnt critical
condition OF Affairs hego To Impress
upon Ills ExcelIsnsy Z asfssity Of
prompt action. and the S,rs and sup
piles should b foeyQ Hne.
Friday's ust - - stn'sls.'
where.
Til. action Of tiso Denver Republican
and one or two other papers Of .hc State,
in trying to make political capital out
the pending Ute troubles In tliis cvsinty
is To be deplored by every fair.mindei
man In the State. The criticism In
dulgcd In by tho Republican and Colo
raio Springs Gazette concernin. the
action OF Governor Adams IN calling out
the State troops II unjust Instead OF
condemning Governor Adaris for his
prompt action In responding the call
for aid by our citizens, his re ion In the
matter should 10 upheld and COM
mcnded by every man vito las the
good and welfare Of this great COM
monweaith At heart. The Republican
was the first paper In the State Ia en-
,lorss Governor Adams actions In call
Ing out the State troops. Why does II
condemn the Governor row, Jus;
for the purpose of making u little Ioiiti.
cal capital out Of Governor Adams
Just actions aud our misio, tunes. The
people hero did NOT call for mid until the
last moment and not until the Indians
had fred on the Siicrin 's posse and set
tlerx on several different occasions.
The citizens Of this vsllcy usci every
ayiiabls means 70 avert trouble with the
Ctes. hut u no effect The Indians have
been seeking . pretext for n rupture
since last fall. and the attcmp. Of the
sheriff 10 arrest two Of their number In
iict~d for horSe stealing gave then, the
desired opportunity. As events have
shown their ''pcace talk was only To
gain time aud get rcinScrcemcnts. We
all know they could hay. got 10 the ~.
srrva,ion a week ngo II they had bccn
disposed tn go. Governor Adams has
done i's duty Assi no irpr.. Accovviinx
u our way Of reascnii -,i,rr :;Iho
uss "'s ssss s".e-~~>S-EF~ - 2. - -.S.-
head of stock Ii ~ m,xli entitled TO thr
protection Of the St,,c u, was tho
wealthy mine owners VI Lcadvilic In
issD. Beca,ise We arc ;, All ou,-of.thc-
way frontier settlement IS no valid rca-
son why VIC shouldn't h,vc it.
Gen. Crooks "advi<es- from White
river places the number Of u,cs In this
section Of country At fifteen. His in-
formation frun the Indian asen, is To
the effect that all the Indians are on the
reservation with the exception Of Colo
rows baud. The general is aware of
the fact that Colorow !, of his rcscrya.
ton but Crook takes no steps toward
putting Colorow on the reservation.
and las soon ~ information Of de.
ilnitc character In received as TO Indian
dcprciations, immediate action will bc
taken by General Crook" This de
Unite Information Is what WI were
afraid Of all along. We hopc both the
''dciinitc Information" and location
has reached General Crook by this time.
lie n,ay. by little extra ,Scr,ion. get n
move on himself before Christmas.
Tho death Of Jasper Ward and Lieut..
Frank Folsom was received with pro-
found sorrow In Meckcr. Mr.. Ward was
. prominent citizen OF this county and
well known throughout Western Colo
rado. His untimcly death will he re-
gretted by large circle OF friends.
Lieutenant Folsom was well and favor
ably known In Aspen. having taken an
active part In organizing the Aspen
militia company some two months ago.
IIc ID said To have been q relative Of
Mrs. President Cleveland's. These two
men 20 to swell to tie long hist Of men
who have been offered up on the frontier
~ . sacrifice 70 the cupidity, imbecile
and pusillanimous cof,diict Of the gen.
cral government In dealing with the
Indians.
The Denver Republicans correspond
ent Of the 10th last. makes the asscr-
tion that Cclorow' presence on White
river had been encourscd by the merch-
ants Of Meeker for trading purposes.
This assertion IL entirely erroneous and
without any foundation in fact. Indian
trade has never been encouraged by our
merchants. The Utcs were not FIRE.
quent visitors to Meeker nor was their
visits encouraged by any class OF citi-
zens. Their trade was mostly with the
small stores along the border.